Valentine's Day

Valentine's Day

It's that time again-Valentine's Day- UGH. Personally, I really hate Valentine's Day. I was scarred by a boy in the 6th grade and have never liked it since!  Ugly red-headed boy that I THOUGHT was MY boyfriend- and I gave him this ring with an F on it- for Frank- that was his stupid name. (can you feel the hostility-still?)  Anyway, all the boys were giving their girlfriends these dumb rings from Woolworths Department Store. Yes, this was a LONG time ago! 

I thought I would help him out a bit by giving him the ring for Valentines and then he of course could give it right back to me and we would officially be "going together".  WELL, cupid's arrow missed and as soon as I gave it to him, he turned around and gave it to another girl- RIGHT in front of me!  So needless to say, I was devastated- and have never quite gotten over being scorned by him. 

I have never allowed any of my THREE husbands to celebrate this vile "hearty" holiday- I am not much for hearts either- probably because of this. However, in the spirit of the day- I have created some Valentines sets, complete with hearts- for those of you who do celebrate it and enjoy it! 


And be sure and look at the wonderful creations by some of my customers to give you some inspiration. 

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Most of these can be used for things other than just Valentine's Day 
(thank goodness!)

all links go to my website, but they are available on my Etsy shop as well.

Great Graphics Valentine Hearts Backgrounds

Great Graphics Heart Clip Art

Great Graphics Heart Backgrounds

Great Graphics Valentine Candy Heart Clip Art

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Now here is some inspiration for you! 

 Adorable Valentine Cards for your kids by

Kate Waltman

Kate used Great Graphics Dinosaur Clip Art and Backgrounds along with some other graphics to create these fabulous Valentine Cards.

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Now this I LOVE!!! My kind of Valentine sentiment

by Michele with a single L on Etsy

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Precious T-Shirt Design by Cutie Patootie Creations

using Great Graphics Heart backgrounds, bow clip art and red ladybug clip art

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Valentine Candy Wrapper by Mirti of Pink Sky Printables

Using one of Great Graphics heart backgrounds


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So Happy Valentine's Day everybody (except YOU Frank!)

Pinterest

Pinterest is so much fun!

If you haven't heard about Pinterest or already joined- you should. It is really fun and is a great way to promote your shop or anything you do. My sister got me hooked several months ago, and when I say "hooked" I mean it!  Just get ready to spend hours looking around when you join. I think the first day, I spent nearly the entire day going from one person's boards to another. If you need an invite (which you have to have to join), just email me at bethsgreatgraphics@gmail.com

and I will be happy to send you one.

You can make your own boards- basically an online bulletin board of things you like, you can repin from what others have on their boards or when you see something out on the web you like, instead of bookmarking it, you can PIN it- and then it is right there for you to see. I have boards for things I want to do to my house-on my "When I win the lottery" board, great quotes, fashion, crafts, recipes, etc...here are some of my favorite things I have pinned.

on my "Words of Wisdom" board

this is SO true

from my friend Michele's Etsy store

and then there is this- I would so love to have some of these made!

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On my "Party On" board

what a cute idea for a birthday party,

and oh yeah, how great would some of my graphics be to make these!!!

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on my "Chilling Outside" board

I don't really see this happening, but wouldn't it be fun!!!

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from my "Great Things to Buy" board

okay, so I am terrible, but what can I say- I want this!!!

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from my "When I Win the Lottery" board

Yeah, then I can buy stuff to fill up this closet!

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I also have a "Shameless Self Promotion" board where I put some of my graphics, but Pinterest frowns on using them for only that, so I just sneak some in every now and then. 

Pinterest is great fun, a HUGE time suck, and I have as much time thinking up what I want to say in the captions as I do pinning things. If you haven't already joined, you should- it is the fastest growing site out there- so send me an email if you need an invite- and then I can start pinning some of your stuff!

Thanks again to all of you for making my first year on Etsy so wonderful! Don't forget my website has instant downloads- so you don't have to wait on me if you need your files right away!

gotta go pin some more stuff!!!